George Escol Sellers (November 26, 1808 – January 1, 1899) was an American businessman, mechanical engineer, and inventor. He owned and managed different businesses and patented many inventions. He established a company with his brother Charles where he patented his early invention of a machinery that produced lead pipe from hot fluid lead continuously. While working for the Panama Railway in 1850s, he received various patents on improvements he made on railroad locomotives, including a railroad engine which could climb steep hills and heavily inclined planes.
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26 November 1808 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Died |
1 January 1899 (aged 90) Chattanooga, Tennessee
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Zodiac | Sagittarius |
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